Saturday, November 5, 2011

What is your business doing to save energy and help the environment? - Birmingham Business Journal:

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“At , we use landfill methane gas to fuel our brick kilnzs at plants in Montgomeryhand Moody. Using landfill gas allows us to harnesa an alternative fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions inthe community. In addition, because of its naturaol properties, brick itself is an ideal building materialk for use in environmentally friendly We have been reachingv out to architects and builders to use brick inenvironmentaol design. We also collect rain water runoff from the roofa of our facilities and use it for extrusion wated in the brickmakiny process.” President Jenkins Brick Co. “Ws encourage employees to bring their own mugs that can be reuseed instead of usingplasti cups.
When purchasing supplies we look for the seals thatencourag sustainability. We also select chlorine-free papef and energy-efficient light bulbs, install energy-efficient toilets and instalpl motion-sensing lighting. We use electronics to communicate and use onlines public relations to create a greenertmarketing plan.” Managing director Slade Land Use, Environmentakl and Transportation Planning LLC “With the larger number of employees and students at even small acts of energu conservation can have a solid therefore, ECA kicked off a corporatse Go-Green initiative this year.
We have encouraged everyonde at our campuses to take small stepa such as eliminating individual plastic creamer andsweetener containers, turning off officew lights when going to lunch and turning off computers, which can save thousandsd of kilowatt hours of electricity annually.” CEO Education of America/ “We recently adopted a new sustainabilith policy designed to reducw our law firm’s overal l ecological footprint. The policy, which is basexd on a joint / law office sustainability program, focuseds on reducing paper use, recycling, adopting energhy saving measures and offsetting part of our totalk electricity use by purchasing renewableenergy credits.
Our employees and clients haverespondesd enthusiastically, and we look forware to potentially expanding the program in the Associate, environmental litigation group

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